Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,057, Ebenezer Foss, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Foss, Ebenezer
NUMBER
8,13057
carded.
CONTENTS

2808.
New Hampshire
Ebenezer Foss
Thereof in the State of N H
he was a Private in the company commanded by Captain of the regt commanded
Col Beals in the N H line for 13 Mos
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 24 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Dec 1832 and sent Joseph K West Second N H
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  $66.81    Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 Mar 33  22.27     $89.08  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. [Signature] Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 155

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
County of Grafton State of New-Hampshire, } ss.
On this 17th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting, Ebenezer Foss a resident of Shornpton in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated—
That he enlisted at Boscauén in the (now) County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire the first of January A.D. 1776 for one year, under Lieut Samuel Fowler of Boscauén and put into Capt James Osgood's Comp y in Col d Biddle's Reg t in New Hampshire line, in about three weeks the said Company was ordered to March under Col d Biddle for Montreal in Canada, and that he the said Ebenezer Foss was before and at that time sick and that his Father Simothy Foss took his place and Marched with said Company and was taken Prisoner by the British in a skirmish at a place called the Cedars in Canada and stripped of his gun and equipments and almost of his Cloths stay there until June same year when he was put on parole and came home, and that he Ebenezer Foss the applicant marched to Mount Independence near Saratoga in New York and then joined the same Company commanded by Capt James Osgood the last of June same year (1776) in Col d Biddle's Reg t , and served under same officers in all the first of January A.D. 1777 having served in the above enlistment the full time of six Months and then honorably
discharged
but did not take a written discharge
That he volunteered at Cambridge in the (now) County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire the last of September A.D. 1777 and marched directly to Seymour's Mills so called near Saratoga in New York and there joined Capt Joshua Abbot's Company in New Hampshire line Marched from thence to Fort Edward , stayed there a few weeks the Company was most of the time employed in scouting parties so Capt was there until after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne to the American Army, from thence back to Seymour's Mills that during this service was under Capt Joshua Abbot and thinks in Col d  Steakins's Reg t . Gen Gates , thinks Barrencour that he actually served in this service the full time of six weeks, and then honorably discharged but did not take a written discharge

services the full time of six weeks, and there honorably discharged but did not take a written discharge —
That there was a man from the town of Canterbury of said, that he entered at Canterbury of said the first of June A.D. 1780 under a Commission from the Governor of Canterbury of said for six months and marched directly to Amherst in the County of Hillsborough in State of said and there joined Muster under what was called a Muster Master (do not recollect his name) and marched to Worcester Mass, and there drew provisions from thence to West Point and there joined a Company commanded by Lieut. who acted as captain Sretter in Col. Gilley's 1st New Hampshire Regt in the Continental line from thence down and crossed Kings Ferry into New Jersey into several places thence back to West Point from thence to Soldiers' Home and then assisted in building Huts for Winter quarters then served and the full term of six months and honorably discharged  discharged and did take a written discharge do not recollect by what Officer it was signed but have lost the discharge and cannot obtain it.
That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can obtain who can testify to his service except the affidavits hereunto annexed sworn to or subscribed by John Foss and Isaac Blake —
That he was born in Chester in the County of Rockingham in State of New Hampshire — that he has a record of his age in his Bible —
That he lived there until about eight years of age then moved to Canterbury of said, lived there until he entered the service of the United States and since time in Canterbury about fifteen years then moved to Thornton lived there for thirty five years last past and now resides in same place.
And he names William Thornton Esq. and Silas Whitney persons of his neighbors who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the 2nd November 1832 day and year above mentioned Roll Woodward Clerk
We, William Thornton residing in Thornton in said State and Silas Whitney residing in said Thornton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Foss, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the Wm Thornton day and year above mentioned Silas Whitney Roll Woodward Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that William Thornton who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the Thornton and that Silas Whitney, who has also signed the same is a resident in the Thornton and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Roll Woodward Clerk I, George Woodward Clerk of the Court of said do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Foss for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of Sept. 1832
Roll Woodward Clerk

11495

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Ebenezer Foss Ser. File 13057
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 6, 1776 6 mos. Pvt. James Prescott Bedel N.H.   was taken ill in about three weeks, when his father Timothy Foss took his place and was taken prisoner at The Cedars Canada. The last of June 1776.   Soldier Joined his company 2nd Regiment, St. John's Independence and was discharged Jan'y 1, 1777. Joshua Abbot Stickney   Sept. 1777 Serjeant Willis   June 1, 1780  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Concord, N.H.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 5, 1832
Residence at date of application, Frankton, Grafton Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, 73 years at Concord, Rockingham Co. N.H.
Remarks: _____

11,495
Ebenezer Hoss
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13 Mr 11 days
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$42.52.
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11495
BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Foss  of  Thornton  in the State of  New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July In 17 96 X 0 Private Gen. Cap Osgood. Col Bedles   Sept '77 1 12 " Cap Abbott {he thinks Col. Stickney   June '80 X 0 " Lieut. Centre Col. Cilley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Boscawen N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? all right 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
X 5 Mo 29 days, in role of  sur

Act.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by B.L.W. G. M. Moore
Claim No. Jan 18, 1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Ebenezer Foss
Service _____
Additional Service _____
Revolutions
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O. W. I. Work as above except I F 13057.
JAN

March 16-1900 J. N. Williams Elgin Ill
1910 Leav 24 Hist to Mrs. Wm E. Kezer. V.S.M.
Rev. Kezer
✓ INVALID.
File No. 13.057
Ebenezer Taps
Brn Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev Lowell Jan 9. 1910
Dear Sir
Will you kindly give me all the information in your possession relative to Ebenezer Foss who fought in the Revolutionary War and went from N. H.; his birth, death, residence at time of enlisting etc.
Thanking you kindly in advance - I am

Mrs. Wm E. Reza 37 Mont Ave Lundell Mass

11,495- Ebenezer Foss
6 1 12 5 29 - 1 41 20 11 12

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Ebenezer Hoss _____ which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____ IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

I Isaac Blake of Thornton in the county of Grafton & State of New Hampshire aged sixty eight years do hereby say that in the early part of June in the year 1780 I was a resident in Camp- ton in said county enlisted into the Continental service of the United States for the term of six months - The officer with whom I enlisted was Capt Gushom Burbank commander of the militia of said town of Campton - He had an understood order to furnish a man from said town to go out with those who were to fill the places in the Continental regiments that were left by the three years men whose term had run out - I enlisted went to Amherst passed muster under Col. Peabody - went on to Camp at West Point & there again passed muster under Major Scott joined the first New Hampshire Regiment under command of Col. Gilley in the company commanded by Lieut. Howe - it was a com- pany called a major company - After joining the regi- ment we marched down the east side of North river crossed over at Kings Ferry against Stony Point - from there we marched to Orange town in New Jersey - from there to English Neighborhood so called as I believe al- though I am not certain that the latter place was not in some part of Orange town - from there to a place al- led Peramnes on the Hackinsac - back from there in about a fortnight as near as I can remember to Orange town where we lay when news came of Arnold's having sold West Point & we were order- ed to march to that place - we did & crossed over in a short time to Constitution Island & there pitched our tents - After laying there awhile we went into winter quarters at a place called Soldiers In- tern where we built huts - there I remained un- til the 10th of December in or near December when I was ordered to Puckkill village to take the place of a man who was stationed with

a commissary's guard who had grown out of war count of the cold - I took his place had been to but a short time when I heard they were dischar- ing the six months men at Camp - & I was shortly after relieved & returned to Camp & was discharged - The orderly sergeant whose name was William Scott handed me a discharge dated Dec r 6. 1880 & I left the service - I further say that Ebenezer Foss now of said Thornton was in the said six months service with me - that I was intimate with him - that my tent was close by his though out the service - & that I have no doubt he was in said service during the whole six months that I was - Said Foss served in the company command- ed by Lieut. Seaton in Gilley's First New Hampshire Regiment - in a company called a Lieut. Col o 's company He belonged, as I understood him, at Canterbury in New Hampshire & enlisted there - Isaac B. Blake
State of New Hampshire } September 3 rd 1832 Then Grafton } Personally appearing said Isaac Blake whom I know to be a man of good character for truth made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me Benjamin Purdie Justice of the Peace

10 Haar Blake Dip er

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodwards Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Grafton do certify that Benjamin Burley Esq r is a justice of the peace within & for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the foregoing to be his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court this 7 th day of September 1832 G eorge Woodwards Clerk

I John Foss of Thornton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years do hereby say that in the year 1776 I was a resident of Canterbury in the County (now) of Merrimack and State aforesaid and enlisted as a militia man into the company of Capt. James Shepherd in Colonel Wyman's regiment for the term of six months. I went to the vicinity of Mount Independence (now called Independence ) and joined the army where I staid till my time of enlistment had expired. I further say that Ebenezer Foss, of Canterbury aforesaid, now of Thornton aforesaid belonged to Colonel Bell's or Bell's regiment was stationed close by, when I was knowing to his serving six months in Capt. James Osgood's company. He arrived at Mount Independence some time in June in the year 1776.
John Foss
State of New Hampshire } Grafton } ss
September 6 th 1832. Then
personally appeared said
John Foss, whom I know to be a man of good character for truth, and made solemn oath of the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me Samuel Fish Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Grafton do certify that Samuel Fisk Esq is a justice of the peace within or said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the within to be his genuine signature
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 7 th day of September 1832.
George Woodworth Clerk